Exhibit 23.12

CONSENT OF EXPERT

In connection with the Registration Statement on Forms F-9/S-4 and any amendment thereto (the “Registration Statement”) of the registrants, I, Wayne Barnett, hereby consent to the use of my name in connection with the references to the technical information relating to Kinross Gold Corporation’s White Gold mineral resource contained in or incorporated by reference on the Form S-4.

Date: April 19, 2012	By:	/s/ Wayne Barnett
		Wayne Barnett